Out Of The Black Patch
Mary Lois Walker Morris was a Mormon woman who challenged both American ideas about marriage and the U.S. legal system. Before the Manifesto provides a glimpse into her world as the polygamous wife of a prominent Salt Lake City businessman, during a time of great transition in Utah. This account of...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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Logan :
Utah State University Press,
1999.
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| Series: | Life writings of frontier women ;
v. 4. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Mary Lois Walker Morris was a Mormon woman who challenged both American ideas about marriage and the U.S. legal system. Before the Manifesto provides a glimpse into her world as the polygamous wife of a prominent Salt Lake City businessman, during a time of great transition in Utah. This account of her life as a convert, milliner, active community member, mother, and wife begins in England, where her family joined the Mormon church, details her journey across the plains, and describes life in Utah in the 1880s. Her experiences were unusual as, following her first husband's deathbed request, sh. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (418 pages) |
| ISBN: | 0874216885 9780874216882 |